Give Douluo a technological shock

Giving Douluo a Technological Shock - by Chen Dengfu

　[The synopsis is insufficient; please read the main text.] [Douluo Continent II] [Peerless Tang Sect]

The expansion of grassroots military power is a decisive force driving civilization forward!

Researchers are reborn in the Douluo Continent, awakening a martial soul that controls microscopic matter, and setting off a true craze for soul tools in this brand new world.

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"Tang San, what makes you think you can become a god?!" — Kraken Moon.

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"Gentlemen, a new era is about to begin, and anything that hinders the progress of the times will be crushed!"

"So, follow me, and let's overturn this filthy world!"

"Therefore, please follow me, and I will lead you to climb the path of divinity once more!" — Chen Fu, Master of the Sword Pavilion, Swordholder, and Supreme Executive Officer of the Starry Sky.

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"Ninth Combined Fleet, heed my command! For the sake of our home planet, crush them!"

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Time travelers don't need cheat codes, because they are cheat codes themselves.

Current progress: *Douluo 2* is basically finished → *Douluo 1* parallel universe → *??*

Chapter 1: The Boy Expelled from Shrek Academy

The sunlight seemed a bit too bright, and through the gaps between my fingers, I could vaguely see the angry look on my mentor's face above.

Sunlight filtering through the lush, towering trees added a layer of shadow to Fan Yu's face.

"Fourth-year student Chen Fu, please present your graduation project."

The juror sensed the tense atmosphere between the mentor and apprentice, and as was customary, he acted as a emotionless reading tool.

"Reporting to the teacher, the student's graduation project is..."

With her back to the other students who had come to watch the commotion, Chen Fu looked at the instructor high above, whose fists were clenched and whose face was ashen. It was as if time had stopped at that moment.

After four years of bickering, his mentor often scolded him for neglecting his studies, going astray, and saying that he would die a terrible death one day.

Ultimately, however, his supervisor never stopped him from providing the experimental materials he needed.

In his first year, Chen Fu had a big argument with his supervisor over the application of his final project, "Miniaturization Technology of Soul Power Storage".

His mentor believed that this technology should be used to develop a suitable version for soul-guided cannons, which could greatly improve the durability and output limit of the academy's existing soul-guided attack weapons.

Chen Fu's original intention was to democratize soul-guided tools, making them like "baby bottles"—high-efficiency batteries—so that even ordinary people without soul power could use them. Combined with the soul-guided agricultural tools he designed, they could greatly improve productivity.

Although a single food-eating Soul Master can feed many people in the Douluo Continent, Chen Fu has done statistics showing that only about 10% of the people on the entire continent have innate Soul Power, while less than 5% have the potential to cultivate. In other words, 95% of the people can be basically categorized as having no Soul Power.

Of the remaining 5%, the proportion of combat Soul Masters and food Soul Masters is even more striking. A simple sample taken at Shrek Academy showed this proportion to be around 1%.

So? You're relying on a handful of people to survive? But why should anyone support you?

Furthermore, for soul tools to develop rapidly and maturely, it would be difficult to rely solely on the less than one thousand soul tool researchers across the two continents. Mass-producing soul tool warriors is more of a practical application of the technology; expanding the technological ceiling still requires the dedication of a small number of true soul tool researchers.

"Making Soul Weapons commonplace, and even making Soul Power commonplace" has always been Chen Fu's learning goal.

Within Shrek Academy, there is a vague concept of "conservation of soul power," and the instructors have explicitly told Chen Fu that this phenomenon objectively exists.

"My home in this world is gone, mentor, can you understand this feeling?" The cold moonlight outside the window draped the boy in a veil of coldness. His eyes were calm to the core, and the energy-injecting carving knife he held tightly in his hand did not stop for a moment. The soul power lines full of geometric aesthetics took shape rapidly in the boy's hands.

“From now on, Shrek Academy will be your home.” Looking at the boy before him, who showed no sign of emotion, Fan Yu felt an unusual headache coming on. He had no desire to get involved in the power struggles behind this former “son of the emerging city” and his connection to Star Luo.

"Do you think this can overthrow them?" The boy ignored his mentor's words, picked up the geometric creation he had just completed with his palm, and placed it in front of Fan Yu.

"What is this?" The geometric creation before him was filled with a rational beauty, causing Fan Yu to subconsciously forget the boy's arrogant words.

"For the final project, I'm going to make an Ark using level 2 materials, a new soul power storage technology. Also, I think the soul tool classification is very crude. This so-called level 2 soul tool has the capacity of a traditional level 4 baby bottle, but it's cheaper and smaller."

The young man had always scoffed at the idea of ​​rating things based on the average level of what users could tolerate. If mastering nuclear explosions meant becoming a nuclear explosion itself, then the technology would be meaningless.

"Do you know what this means?!" Fan Yu was truly shocked by the genius boy he had high hopes for. Although his talent as a Soul Master was rather mediocre, he had always believed that the boy and his Martial Soul should have extremely high talent in Soul Guidance Devices. He never expected that the boy would shock him in just one year.

"This means that the cost and social class of using soul tools have decreased."

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This was the boy's reply to Fan Yu, and even after three years, it still seemed to echo in his ears.

Facing her mentor's furious gaze, Chen Fu met his eyes without fear.

The more you debate, the clearer things become. This debate, which originally belonged only to the master and apprentice, eventually became the graduation program of Shrek Soul Tool Academy.

Fan Yu knew very well what Chen Fu had been researching these past few years. If successful, it would have a huge impact on the existing Soul Master system! Although Chen Fu had spent the next two years using his rational and aesthetically pleasing design logic to improve existing low-end Soul Tools after the "Soul Power Storage Miniaturization Technology", Fan Yu knew that this disciple had never given up on those dangerous ideas when he thought of the boy's emotionless eyes.

Moreover, the method of "using a tool to control another tool" combined with Chen Fu's unique martial soul has led his disciple to a point in the field of soul tool research that even his mentor could not understand.

'Unfortunately, mentor, you were wrong after all.' Chen Fu sighed inwardly.

Allowing a lower-level Soul Master to defeat a higher-level Soul Master is not considered "revolutionary".

"The student's graduation project is a semi-automatic guided rifle."

Chen Fu ultimately yielded to Fan Yu's gaze, pulling out a slender "soul tool cannon" from his personal spatial soul tool bracelet. This was different from conventional soul tool guns and cannons.

"This soul-guided gun uses a level 4 [Ark] core for charging and has two modes: rapid fire and focused fire. The former can penetrate a 2mm steel plate with a direct trigger pull, while the latter can penetrate a 10mm steel plate after a short charge. Its effective range is 500 meters, and its maximum kill distance is 200 meters. It supports [Ark] switching and direct soul power charging."

Compared to his previous designs for agricultural implements such as soul-guided tillers, this semi-automatic soul-guided standard rifle is the first lethal soul-guided device that Chen Fu has designed.

Seeing the relaxation in Fan Yu's eyes, Chen Fu sighed inwardly.

"Mentor, habitual thinking is a major obstacle to innovation."

"Does it have a specific level?" Noticing that Chen Fu hadn't specified what level the soul tool was, the jury member asked instinctively.

"Based on its materials and power, it is a level four soul tool in the hands of a low-level soul master, and a level five soul tool in the hands of a soul master or soul king."

The Ark's core has a charging module, which can increase the power of the energy cannon when held by Soul Masters or Soul Kings.

"Its core advantage is that it enables first- and second-ring Soul Masters to possess the lethality of a simple fourth-level Soul Master."

As she spoke, Chen Fu turned to look at the students from both the inner and outer academies who had come to watch the commotion near the playground. "For example, right now, without consuming any soul power, I can take down most of the first and second-year students with a single shot, relying solely on the energy stored in the Ark Core."

"Want to try it out?" Chen Fu said, handing the soul-guided rifle to the jury.

The juror took the soul-guided rifle, certainly not to "test the waters," but the surrounding students were so frightened when they saw him take the soul-guided device that they cursed and hid in the distance, except for the senior students and those from the inner academy who remained where they were.

With a helpless smile, the juror waved to a defensive Soul King in the distance, who, seeing that he couldn't escape, had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

"Stand back a bit, let me try out this soul tool."

Seeing the unfortunate fellow with his soul skills fully activated and holding up his spirit shield, the Soul Emperor, the jury member, quickly understood the shooting principle with his spiritual power. He then aimed at the unfortunate fellow's thickest armor and tentatively tried firing a few shots.

call out!

The Soul King of Defense only felt a sudden tremor in his shield, but it didn't hurt or itch.

call out!

Before he could even wonder, the defensive Soul King felt a sudden numbness throughout his body and involuntarily took a few steps back.

He chuckled and casually dismissed the unlucky fellow. The jury didn't even attempt the final soul power enhancement form; that was enough.

"What are your plans regarding this soul tool technology?" The old man, who had been standing almost unnoticed next to Fan Yu, suddenly asked.

"Self-deciphering".

An expected answer. The old man nodded, feeling somewhat sentimental. Three years had passed, and Fan Yu still hadn't quite grasped the core circuitry layering technology of the initial version of the [Ark]. A single composite node could exhibit multiple soul guidance sequences; facing such a dense array of composite nodes, it was difficult to even begin without a method.

"In that case, the Inner Court will reject your application for admission."

Looking at the calm-looking instructor Fan Yu, Chen Fu suddenly had many thoughts.

"permanent?"

"Until we fully analyze your Ark's core technology." The old man drank his wine as if no one else was around, while pulling out his snacks from his pocket.

"So I was expelled?"

“No, you’ve graduated,” the dean of the Soul Guidance Device Academy next to the old man emphasized.

"Then I will apply for the title of honorary teacher."

"Sure," the old man replied with a smile.

"They only want the title, not the teaching."

"No problem." The old man smiled, not caring at all.

Chapter Two: On the Possibility of System Wholesale (Handwritten)

"So you were asked to leave?"

Like a fire sprite, the girl stormed out of the dormitory, her face full of resentment, ready to settle scores with someone.

"My soul power level of 41 is already somewhat below the inner court's assessment standards." Chen Fu silently packed her luggage.